Mushrooms are among the most delicious foods and they are also very healthy! But have you ever thought about growing your own mushrooms, to make sure they are organic and free of pesticides? When it comes to growing your own food, the Internet is full of tips and tricks, and this also applies to mushroom growing at home. From the following link, you can learn everything about growing mushroom for the first time and you will also find a useful DIY starter kit for mushroom growing. The best part is that you can grow them both indoors and outdoors, so you can also grow them in an apartment or smaller house. So if you’re not 100% convinced yet, the link also has a cool infographic about the health benefits of different types of mushrooms and their use in the kitchen and also in the medical field.

Which Varieties To Plant?
The variety of mushrooms you can grow at home is surprising, and you can grow a plethora of them, so you might actually have to figure out how to use them all up.

How To Grow Mushrooms in 5 STEPS

Building Your Own Mushroom Kit

Obtain a suitable growing container for your mushroom-growing project – usually a plastic trash bag, a plastic container, or a laundry basket.
Sterilize the growing area as much as possible. Some use a bleach/spray mixture.

How to Start a Mushroom Farm

Another tip and an ingenious idea come from Milkwood website. They have used a Laundry Basket to grow their mushrooms.

This technique also works indoors, but the laundry basket is usually bagged or boxed until the straw is completely colonised with mycelium. This technique has both upsides and downsides, but most importantly, it’s easy, and gets people growing mushrooms! Learn more about this technique HERE…

Espaliers and cordons are not a well-kept secret in the world of landscaping. If you’re an amateur gardener you will find this technique of growing plants in a certain way more than creative. The technique involves using wire supports in order to help fruit trees or other plants expand in a particular manner that suits the design of your yard. Before begining you should know that this type of growing a plant will take time; because of the horizontal planning instead of the vertical one, the rythm is slower. But with patience come beautiful results. Feel free to draw inspiration from the next website where you can find a dozen of different models to work with. From the simple oblique cordons to the palm leaf espalier, you can use the examples set by others so your garden will look amazing.

By training fruit trees and shrubs to grow in controlled shapes, you accomplish two goals: improved appearance and increased productivity. Depending on location and demand, espalier fruit trees can offer privacy, weather protection, and decoration, not to mention an abundant and delicious harvest. Learn how to combat the most common fruit tree diseases and pests, and develop a knowledge of habitat requirements and care to ensure these espalier structures bring the desired results.

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Who would have thought you could find this self-sufficient beauty 15 minutes away from downtown Los Angeles? If you want to grow your own food and make sure that everything you put on the table is 100% healthy and free of any chemicals, take the example of this next L.A. based family.

When you have a large garden the DIY project possibilities are almost endless. You can build anything you wish if you have some extra time and some money to invest. So, if you’re looking for a new outdoor project, then this beautiful bean tunnel might be the inspiration you need. The owner of the tunnel is April from Wahsega Valley Farm and made the tunnel for her large and impressive vegetable garden. She made the structure first and then the vines started to grow all around and created the magical tunnel you can see in the before and after pictures. You can try to build this tunnel yourself with distinct kinds of vine plants, as the result will be an amazing hide-out with plenty of shade for warm days.

The trellises are made with 10 foot lengths of rebar (driven into the ground at least a foot) and 4′ x 8′ wire mesh panels.

These trellises would be great for squash or other heavy veggies since they are so sturdy.

This is practically one of the wonders of the world. This particular hanging garden isn’t just decorative, though – it’s a vegetable garden…

What is an Espalier? An espalier is a plant that has been trained to grow in a flat plane against a wall, fence, or trellis, though the term has also been used to describe the technique of training a plant to grow this way. The technique was invented by the ancient Romans, and further developed in Europe. This technique allowed them to take advantage of the thermal mass of south facing walls (full sun in Northern Hemisphere) by growing fruit trees against them, the heat retained by the walls protected the trees from the cold and extended the productive period of the of fruit trees. Check out these step by step tutorials on the next videos in order to achieve a similar DIY project in your own garden. Good luck!

Have you ever thought about vertical gardening. If you don’t have a lot of space for your garden vertical gardening may be the perfect solution for you. Tomatoes, pole beans, and cucumbers are all perfect plants for vertical gardening. You can use vertical gardening to produce huge crops of pole beans and cucumbers. As well as other vegetables. Have you ever heard of a pole bean teepee. Well here you can find out how to make one of your own.

You will need a Skyscraper Garden Trellis. This is designed to offer support for climbing branches and vines, while enhancing your decor settings. They are simply a great way to showcase your prized plants and flowers.

Having a self-sufficient food supply during winter can be difficult, especially if you are living in a climate that isn’t friendly to that. Luckily, people are ingenious and found ways of dealing with this issue. That is why the DIY community can offer you a great piece of information about unheated greenhouses and gardening the entire year. Inspiration comes from Eliot Coleman and his wife Barbara Damrosch. The organic farmer together with his gardening author partner used plastic-covered hoop houses and greenhouses to simulate growing conditions 500 miles away from the location of his farm. You can see from the thoroughly filmed videos that the low-tech methods can result in some good yields. Watch carefully and learn in order to get your gardening working all-year round. Good luck and make sure to mention the pioneers when you are achieving success!

Here’s a DIY project by Christopher from Norway. He show us how to build a hinged hoophouse for a raised bed. It’s a simple and cheap build that gives your raised bed the little extra. He spent about $100 for materials, and takes about 3 hours.

If strawberries are your favorite fruits and want to grow them yourself at home, these next tips and tricks will come in handy. Don’t worry if you’re new to gardening, as practice makes perfect and with these helpful tips you are going to become a pro in growing your own tasty strawberries. One of the most important things to keep in mind is that by removing the runners which are located at the base of your plant, you will be able to grow more berries than expected. Also in order to grow healthy fruits, use mulch that will decompose and will fertilize the soil.

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If you remove the runners, at the base of the plant, you can produce MUCH more. When the runners are gone, the plant is able to receive more nutrients which will yield more.

If you have never planted strawberry runners before, it’s supper easy. Just dig around the plant and gently pull it up.